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IRONING BOARD. l No. 440,972. Patentd Nov. 18, 1890.

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ATnNT Fiucne SYLVANUS .I. TALBOT, OF MILFORD, NEIV HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOROF ONE- IIALF TO J OIIN MCLANE, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,972, dated November18, 1890.

Application led March 27, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvANUs J TALBOT, a citizen of t-he United States,residing at Milford, in the county of Hillsborough and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledIo in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ironing-boards, and more particularly toironing-boards for shirts, and has for its object to keep the neckbinding or band in proper form While being ironed,

so that the collar will sit well.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a plan of an ironing-board with zo my device attached; andFig. 2 is a cross-section of the board, showing the grooves in itssides.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents an ironing-board coveredwith cloth or other suitable material of a size and shape convenient toaccommodate a shirt-bosom laid thereon. It is provided about its sidesand lower edge with a groove a, for a purpose hereinafter explained, andon its sur- 3o face or face at or near the top are two selfadjustingblocks or forms B B, secured thereto by pivots b b and extended orspread out- Ward by a spiral spring c, inserted between them, as shown.These blocks or forms B B have a curved outer face m, which it isdesigned shall, under the action of spring c, bear against the innerface of the neckband of the shirt, thus keeping it erect and in a properform while being ironed.

d d are pins passing through slots e e in the blocks B B and secured inthe board A, which pins serve as an additional means of securing theblocks to the board and also guide and limit the outward extension orthrow of the blocks under the action of spring c. By means of theblocks, the pivots to which they are secured, and the spring the device'is rendered automatically expansible.

D is a fixed stud between the blocks or 5o forms B B, and has at itsupper end a button f, on which the neckband of the shirt is buttonedwhen being ironed.

E is one of a set of keys, which, in combiserai No. 345,600. (No man.)

nation with the groove a iu the board A, secure and stretch theshirt-bosom over the board, so that it may be held in proper positionand a smooth surface presented for ironing. Several keys are employed,the material of the shirt being crowded and held between the keys andthe groove about the entire edge of the board, except its top.

In operation the shirt-bosom is first smoothly spread over theironing-board and secured to the same by the keys E. The neckband ismade to embrace the blocks or forms B B, and is buttoned to the buttonf. Under the action of blocks B B, extended or spread outward by springc, the neckband of the shirt is held taut and erect in a suitable formto be ironed.

The ironing-board and the blocks or forms may be of any convenientshape.

1. The combination, with an ironing-board, of a fixed stud provided witha button on its end, to which the neckband of a shirt is buttoned, andcurved blocks or forms pivoted thereon below said stud and around whichthe neckband is placed, said blocks provided with a guide-slot, a pin ineach of said slots, and a spring secured to said blocks, whereby thedevice is automatically adapted to shirtp necks of any measure,substantially as described.

2. Au ironing-board for shirt-bosoms provided with means for securingthe bosom to the board and for stretching the neckband when the bosom isthus secured, consisting of a groove in the sides and lower edge of theboard, fastenings for holding the bosom therein, pivoted curved blocksnear the top of the board adapted to Iit and bear against the inner faceof the neckband, a spring by which said blocks are expanded and by whichthe neckband of the secured bosom is stretched and kept in proper formwhile the bosom is ironed, and guide -pins extending through slots insaid blocks for guiding and limiting the throw of the blocks whenstretching the neckband, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

SYLVANUS J. TALBOT1 Witnesses:

THOMAS RILEY, JAMES M. LAWS.

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